Kapaopango 2011

The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union
competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country
in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The tournament was won
by New Zealand, who defeated France 8–7 in the final. The defending champions, South Africa, were eliminated
by Australia 11–9 in the quarter-finals.The result marked the third time that the tournament was won
by the country that hosted the event (following New Zealand in 1987 and South Africa in 1995).
It was the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand eclipsing the 1987 Rugby World Cup,
1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 America's Cup.[4] Overseas visitors
to New Zealand for the event totalled 133,000, more than the 95,000 that the organisers expected.
However, there was a drop in non-event visitors, meaning the net increase in visitors over
the previous year was less than 80,000
2011 Rugby World Cup. Wikipedia
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Sky Network Television, New Zealand's largest subscription television provider,
was host broadcaster for the Rugby World Cup, transmitting all matches live and in high definition
coverage was available. Games were also available on free-to-air networks in New Zealand
but not all pool matches were screened live on free to air. Broadcasting rights were allocated
throughout the world by the IRB, including highlights, free to air and pay per view.

No. of nations:20 (91 qualifying)--Final positions
Champions Gold medal: New Zealand
Runner-up Silver medal : France
Third-place Bronze meda: Australia
Tournament statistics:Matches played:48
Attendance 1,477,294 (30,777 per match)
Top scorer(s):South Africa Morné Steyn (62)
Most tries:England Chris Ashton--France Vincent Clerc(6 tries each))